Drahcir495

That is horrible. Sorry to hear that.

I don’t know what I’m gonna do when I head upstate? I have 3 really good junk yards within driving distance from me. Any idea how far this is from Tallahassee?

The axle was a Lot heavier than I thought. I couldn’t load it on to the trailer by myself, so I’m amazed I got the axle over the leaf springs and out of the Jeep alone. I had to have a friend load it up with me last night. Got it to the shop this morning and three of us unloaded it from the trailer. We set it on a free stand and I prepared to take the diff cover off and drain out the fluid -> Get the cover off and I was not happy with what I saw-> The rust is everywhere , but I’ve seen worse. Now that the cover is off, I flipped it over to drain out the fluid. I would say if I was lucky I got a cup of “fluid” to drip out -> Not sure how I lost what should have been a couple quarts of conventional lube . The Jeep has been garage kept for over 20 years and I’ve never seen anything draining on the floor? The rust I get, but no lube has me shaking my head. Until I started working on axles, I never really considered that axles may need inspection too. Positive news is that I have a new carrier, gears and bearings going in. I will be inspecting everything else that may need to be replaced while I’m in there. TBC -Rich

It’s a no go on the lunch box locker. I would have to buy the whole locker. I am running out of time to get this together before the move next month. I am just going with the open carrier and new gears. I took this Jeep to Tellico with stock gears and nothing else and I had no problem with anything we tackled. I don’t plan using it for anything more than Florida trails - I will be fine. I managed to get the axle out on my own this evening -> Picking the trailer up tomorrow after work and then bringing the axle in Thursday. I should have it all set up no later than Monday night.

Well this did not go as planned. Got the carrier unpacked and the locker ready to install only to find that the two internal spacers are missing Calling about getting the parts in the morning. Hopefully they will work work with me on getting those pieces

Kick a$$ MJ. Congrats on MJOTM

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He is mine - looks horrible but I got fed up with trying to get it to work

Just got the gear in for the Scrambler. Now I have the Motive 3.73 gears, the correct gear break carrier and the lunch box locker ready to go in. Pulling the bearings when I get the axle into the shop -> I will pull all the bearings when I go to set up the axle hopefully next week

Oh no. This is very sad news. My condolences to his family.

I am no fan of the new wranglers, but this I may actually like -> A 4 door converted to a two door with bed. It’s the closest thing to a scrambler that I’ve seen.

Doesn’t get better than that

Fitting in the backpack is just awesome!

I’m just going to keep the stock axle shafts for now. I am moving to north Florida at the end of July, so I need to get the axle done before I no longer have the tools to rebuild it. I have a powertrax locker that I am putting in it.

Started removing the front axle out of the Scrambler. I have a lunch box locker and 3.73 gears going in. The rear is already geared with 3.73’s so I’m just going to stick with that ratio. The gear should be in a week or so. I will have everything ready to go in and set up when it arrives. I borrowed some massive Jack stands and got it up to where the tires could be removed -> Found some unexpected issues while working on removing the axle. Bushings on the shocks and disconnects were disintegrating or completely missing -> It is going to be a little awkward getting the axle out, so I may get some help doing that. I have a trailer I can borrow to get the axle to the shop, but I needed a hitch on the Explorer to hook it up. I wouldn’t have to get one but the Cherokee is sitting next to the Comanche at the Jeep shop not running . Friday after work I put it on the lift and within an hour I had it installed ->

Welcome to the CC. I do like the color and theme of your truck. Start a build-up page so we can follow your progress

You know you have a supportive wife when she makes a card with a Comanche on it Don’t know how she did this

I knew the blue would look great

Thanks Bo. I’m doing what I can until I get it home. Which could be . . .

Nice! Do you have any other plans for it?

I needed to change out the drivers side seat belt. The one that was in the truck rusted somehow while it was parked. Picked a very clean one a few weeks back and have it ready to go back in when I get the truck home ->

WOW! I’d be happy with just one of those Broncos - and from the looks of it, one of the Z cars .

Thank you all

I am looking for the inner shifter boot for my AX15 - this Does anyone have a part number for this or where to look for one? Nothing online looks like what I need? My next question will be following up on how to get in on?